Oldboy - see it while you can
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I'm suprised no one has posted anything about this one. I saw this movie a few weeks ago, it's adisturbing but quite amazing. It's a Korean flick about a man that is inexplicabley locked inside an apartment/prison for 15 years, then is set free with no explanation.
It's a badass, twisted romp of a good time that ranges from funny to horrendously gorey. My kind of film.
Buy the DVD if you can, it'as worth it.
http://films.tartanfilmsusa.com/oldboy/
It's a badass, twisted romp of a good time that ranges from funny to horrendously gorey. My kind of film.
Buy the DVD if you can, it'as worth it.
http://films.tartanfilmsusa.com/oldboy/
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Anyway, I'd recommend seeing almost anything at all from the director, Chan-wook Park. Joint Security Area is a wonderful film about friendship across the Demilitarized Zone between the Koreas - touching storytelling and good cinematography. Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance got a lot of pub because Harry at AICN raved about it late last year, and it's also a great bit of film. I think Park might be this generation's John Woo of Asian filmmakers; not quite the visual style, but he's a better writer and worth checking out regardless of the specifics of the storyline.
heartwrenching